Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3430, John Falls, Mass. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass Sea Service
Falls, John Flora
R. 3430
CONTENTS

Mrs Flora Falls — certificate of her marriage
John Bryant Agents Meriden N.H.

Town Clerk's Office Harvard Mass.
August 3 1846
I Reuben Whitcomb Jr. of Harvard in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts certify that on the Book of Records of Marriages of said Town in my possession there is the following entry.
February fifteenth Seventeen hundred and ninety John Falls of Dublin and Flora Whitney of Harvard
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows
"Feby 15 1790 John Falls of Dublin and Flora Whitney of Harvard" Reuben Whitcomb Jr. Town Clerk.
I Reuben Whitcomb Jr. above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Reuben Whitcomb Jr. Town Clerk.
Sworn and subscribed to this third day of August 1846 Before me.
John P. Whitcomb Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 13 th . 1846.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereto attached, John P. Whilcomb was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Mrs Flora Falls N.H. declaration etc
7th July 1838 3 March 1843 & 17th June
1844 made July 15. 1846 before the
court of Probate Sullivan Co N.H.
J. M. Bryant Agent Meriden N.H.

State of New Hampshire, Sullivan, ss. } On this 15 th day of July, A.D. 1846, personally appeared before the Court of Probate holden at Claremont, within and for said County of Sullivan, Flora Falls, a resident of said Claremont, aged 83 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and the subsequent acts of March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844. That she is the Widow of John Falls, who, in the time of the War of the Revolution, or during some part thereof, was a resident of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, also of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in other places in each of said states, from both of which, her belief is that he was engaged in service, mainly as a seaman, through the whole period of the War, but she is unable at this time to give dates, names of his Commanders, either by sea or land, or names of the vessels in which he served, other than a single tour of upwards of six months from February 26 th to August 29 th 1777, on board the Brig Tyrannicide, Jonathan Harraden Commander, of which she has obtained certified proof, from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for which she now claims as in part of the service rendered by her said husband. She further declares that she was married to the said John Falls, he being then a resident of Dublin in the State of New Hampshire, and herself of Harvard Mass-

achusetts, at said Harvard, by Josiah Whitney Esquire, on the fifteenth day of February, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, her name previous to marriage being Flora Whitney, that her husband the aforesaid John Falls, died on the fifteenth day of January eighteen hundred and nineteen. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
her Flora x Falls mark
Sworn and subscribed to, the day and year above written. Before me John L Putnam Judge of Probate
I further certify that the above Declarant is, in my belief, entitled to full credit as a witness.
John L Putnam Judge of Probate
I, Ralph Metcalf, Register of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Flora Falls for a Pension. And I do hereby further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced before said Court, that John Falls, the late husband of the Declarant, died on the fifteenth day of January eighteen hundred and nineteen, and that the Declarant is, at the present time, his Widow
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto

set my hand and seal of Office, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty six
Ralph McCall Register

Know all men by these Presents, That I Clarissa Sanborn of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, a child of John and Flora Falls do hereby constitute and appoint G. L. Brown of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of the said Flora Falls for Pension on account of the services of the said John Falls in the war of the Rebellions: and I hereby authorize my said attorney for me in my name to examine all papers & documents relating to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington or elsewhere and to do all other things necessary for the proper prosecution of said claim: that I am directly interested in said claim as aforesaid.
Witness my hand & Seal this 26 th day of April A.D. 1854. (married in Hanover 1772)
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of us Alpheus L. Snow Sarah M. Snow.
Clarissa Sanborn
Three children
State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss April 26 th 1854 Then personally appeared Clarissa Sanborn & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney before me. Alpheus L. Snow, Justice of the Peace

3430 Flora Falls Widow of John Falls Pension Act 7 July 1838 (claim suspended)
P. q. Atty. enclosed - ask to see papers
S. J. Bowen Present Atty

Washington D.C.
May 2, 1834
Sir,
Enclosed you will find Power of Attorney from Clarissa Sankey, child of Flora Falls, widow of John Falls who claimed a Pension under Act 7 July 1838 from State of New Hampshire
I wish to examine papers in file Yours Truly S. Brown Acting Attorney
Hon. J. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
3430
P. O. _____
Flora Falls
Service: wid. of John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

S. J. Bowen May 4 1832 A. M. Bangor May 4 1832

V
13103
Mrs Helen Hall
p. 26
See to John Bryant
Nov 17. 146. same
ab 6. 1847
Then James H. Johnson
Aug 26 th 1851
Then James H. Johnson Aug 29 th 1851
Then Hall 31 st August 1852
(over) Oct 7 th July 1838.

177 East Barnard St. Aug 17. 1850
John Hall
Relative to the case of the heirs of John Hall has a pension been granted or paid?
Letter to N. P. Broomfield Aug. 23 d 1850
Ref d to Com ee of Pensions for answer Dep. Interior Aug. 23 d 1850

1832 East Barnard August 17
To the Hon Secretary of War Sir I have the honor to address you in behalf of the heirs of John Fall of Portsmouth Mass formerly, late of Plymouth Vermont, deceased. to inquire if a Pension has been drawn for him or his heirs or his widows Pension — an effort has been made by one Thomas Hammond of Windsor Vt & John Bryant of Springfield Vt. to draw this Pension — They have been furnished with testimony sufficient to prove the claim & it is thought they have drawn it but we cannot ascertain from anything satisfactory relative to the matter
This John Fall was a colored man and waited on General Washington a part of the time he was in the service
You will please direct your reply to N. P. Brownell East Barnard County of Windsor Vermont
Yours very Respectfully The heirs of John Fall

3 Flora Falls case
Proof John Fall, Naval service

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
July 3 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Hall, is borne upon a Pay Roll of the Brig Syracuse Jonathan Harradent, Commander; as a Seaman, from February 26 to August 29, 1777. 6 Months and 3 days.
The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, shown by the Naval Rolls in this Office.

where her Office is
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Flora Falls Application
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Subsequent agent.
Meriden N.H.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in her office of services of my late husband John Fall, in the War of the Revolution.
He was a native of Portsmouth New Hampshire and was several years engaged in the Naval Service of the Country, but in what ships and under what and by whom commanded I do not know.
I am now about 90 years old and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand this 29th day of May AD 1846
Flora her  X mark Falls
Scanned by the said } Flora Falls }
In my presence H. McPherson Justice of the Peace

Flora Falls N.H. widow of John Falls pending claim Act 7th July 1838
Additional evidence in her case

I John Bryant of Meriden in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire share agent for the prosecution of the claim of Mrs Flora Falls to a pension for the service of her late husband John Falls as a seaman under the act of the 7th July 1838 depose and say that at the time I consented to aid her in estab- lishing her claim to the benefit of said act or subsequently thereto. she in- formed me, that she knew of no one living who was engaged in the ser- vice with her husband, and that she has since negatively so stated. — That in reply to an inquiry that I early made of her in substance, if she recollected the name of any one who served with her husband she gave me the name of one and but one individual, so recollecting and that so served to wit that of John Dennis whose name at the time I entered on a paper which paper is now before me. The place of his residence not known or given by her
John Bryant
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss
Sworn and subscribed to this 3 rd day of January 1849
Before me
Eben Clough
Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the affiant is a credible witness
Eben Clough
Justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Eben Clough ————— is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Sullivan ————— duly Commissioned and qualified. His Commission was dated on the 20 th ————— day of June — 1844 and will expire on the 20 th ————— day of June — 1849 and his signature, as such, to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 11 th ————— day of January, 1849.
Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of State.

Flora Falls widow of John Falls M c Elmurray for a Pension Actg 14 July 1838 suspended claim Additional proof —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
January 12 th 18 47
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Galls is borne upon a Muster Roll of the Brigantine Tyrannicide, Jonathan Haraden Commander to August 29 th 1777 as a seaman 6 months & 2 days.
Upon the same roll is also borne the name of John Dennis, mentioned in the annexed affidavit, as a seaman to August 31 1777, 5 months & 22 days.

15215_00551 And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of November 11 th 1816 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Cullen
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Meriden N.H. April 2. 1847
Sir
On the 30 th of October last I enclosed to the Commissioner of Pensions the papers in the case of Flora Hall, from which I have not as yet heard. - Were said papers received at the Office?
Respectfully your Ob dt Servt John Bryant
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. Pensions

Flora Falls widow of John Falls N.H. claimant Act 7 th July 1838
Renewed declaration made on 17 th day of August 1848
John Bryant Agent for widow N.H.

I, Flora Falls, late a resident of Claremont in the county of Sullivan and state of N.H. but at present residing with my son at Plymouth in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, being duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the widow of John Falls who was an actor in the country service in the War of the Revolution; that at said Claremont in the month of July, 1846, I made a Declaration before the Probate Court for said county of Sullivan, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of the 7th of July A.D. 1838, and subsequent acts granting pensions to widows; that said Declaration is still pending at the Pension Office, under the Agency of John Bryant Esq. of Meriden, N.H. — that I still, as then, claim for the service of the said John Falls; that hitherto, she has been unable to identify her said husband with said service by any person or persons who served with him, and she now knows of no such person living. that I still believe that he rendered the term of service mentioned in said Declaration, as also other services not therein particularized. And further the deponent at present, saith not.
Witness Mabel Pullard
her Flora F. Falls mark.
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Flora Falls, this 23 rd day of August, 1848, (1848.) Before me.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.

I further certify that the deponent is a credible witness. Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF VERMONT, ) I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court, of the Coun- Windsor County....ss. ) ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Thomas F. Hammond
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature foregoing are is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 18 th day of September A. D. 1848.
Norman Williams, Clerk.